Marriott, American Airlines team up again

Stays at Marriott hotels can now (and again) earn miles in the American Airlines AAdvantage program. The two programs were partners in the past took a bit of time off and now are together again. For the occasional Marriott guest this means one or two points per dollar spent at the various Marriott brands. And for folks with larger balances in the Marriott Rewards program those points can now be moved en masse out to AAdvantage.

Finally, as part of the new partnership launch the two companies are offering 500 bonus AAdvantage miles for stays at any Marriott which are credited to an AA account from July 15 – August 15, 2013. Not sure why the wait to start, but it is there.

Always good to have more partners. Added bonus in this case is that the partnership is a pretty fair one.

Just paying with your AA card won’t do it, Bird. You will have to credit the stay to your AA account rather than to your Marriott account. You can earn either hotel points or airline points for the stay. This change just adds American back in to the pool of partner airlines which are eligible for such earning.